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Commissioner Pace asked if the matter could be brought back as a Consent item if there were not substantial changes. Ms. Clark confirmed that the matter could come back on the Consent Calendar in that case. Chair Ritter discussed the short time frame with the holiday weekend and agreed with continuing the matter following Commission comments. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED Staff confirmed there were no requests to speak on the item. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED Commissioner Allen commended staff on synthesizing the previous meeting's discussion. She indicated support for the recommendations, although the issue of owner occupancy was somewhat unclear due to the lack of clarity on the State's future actions. She stated she was amenable to eliminating the deed restrictions for the 22 ADUs built after 2003 but requested the City make individual notifications to those communities, especially the Carlton Oaks and Walnut Hill developments. She also expressed support for the window recommendations though she was concerned with the additional flexibility and open to revisiting the matter if there were issues or neighbor complaints. Commissioner Balch expressed appreciation for the revised language regarding square footage limitations. He mentioned support for the way staff addressed balconies. He expressed confusion as to why staff recommended a 25-foot height maximum for ADUs above detached garages in the Central-Commercial District, as he thought the discussion at the prior meeting focused on the height maximum being no higher than the primary residence. He expressed concern with potential inconsistency in neighborhoods with higher elevation limits. In terms of deed restrictions, he stated he understood the item on title referring to the PMC and was amenable to retaining that as a disclosure item but was concerned by not changing the deed restrictions on the 22 ADUs. He suggested a uniform standard and discussed potential differences in homeowner's associations. He stated the windows were somewhat subjective, but he could support the recommendation without a definition of opaque. Commissioner Brown concurred with Commissioner Balch and did not want to prohibit ADUs approved prior to the change in State law and wanted to keep the PMC consistent. With regards to amenity spaces, he reiterated his opinion not to restriction ADUs in those spaces. He stated he would like a definition for opaqueness. He also complemented staff on its straightforward scenarios depicted with graphics and suggested similar graphics to be added to the PMC. Chair Ritter expressed his agreement with Commissioner Balch regarding the deed restricted ADUs and recommended replacing Section 18.106.060.A with the Civil Code Section 4751. He expressed concern with the separation requirement between structures and suggested just requiring windows five-foot-high above the finished floor of the ADU or opaque windows on a second story ADU, and not including the 4-foot offset option. Commissioner Balch suggested allowing a default option for five-foot, opaque windows. Planning Commission Minutes Page 4 of 8 July 8, 2020 se latter comments, Ms. Clark recommended that the Planning Commission receive public comments, discuss the currently proposed draft ordinance, then continue the item to allow staff the opportunity to review the late correspondence and determine if further revisions were necessary. Planning Commission Minutes Page 3 of 8 July 8, 2020